Hi all, first post so hello to all.
I am looking to ‘start afresh’ with my media plans. I plan to build a new library of music and films onto a large external drive. I have used Nero and Magic DVD ripper ect in the past and tend to use VLC for play back on my laptop (Panasonic TB 19), this is a work device and I will purchase a new machine for personal movie viewing or playing on my large TV via wireless link. I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and on the odd ocassion watch the odd ‘Top Gear’ episode but my plan is to use it to play back music and video through my car entertainment system. I have access to a large collection of DVDs and Music CDs to copy for er……backup purposes.
So now you know what I want to do what is the best way to do it? Technology has moved on and I understand it will continue to do so, so I need advice with:
The best ripper to use
The correct format to use
The best playback software, VLC seems adequate but is there an ‘all in one’ ripper/player?
Compression to get as many DVDs and Cds stored on one drive and retain good quality, I am not interested in sub titles/special scenes ect just the main movie and audio.
And anything else I should know.
I fully understand that this question can create substantial debate as everyone has there preferences, feel free to tell me what you like and why. I have spent many years in IT as a lecturer in colleges and Uni but have been ‘out of the loop’ for quite awhile so do not want to get bogged down with a very complex piece of software that takes 20 minutes to load and configure, I remain a PC user and presently use WIN 7 now that XP Pro is in for the chop (one of the best OS that MS ever came up with) so PC use it is….and will stay.
Many thanks in advance guys and girls